Warning: This article contains spoilers forProm Pact.
Peyton Elizabeth LeeandMilo Manheimmet at prom.
Not just any ol' high school prom… the Disney Channel prom.
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“We were actually shooting during my senior prom,” Lee says.
Manheim agrees adding, “Disney prom and TV prom is so much better than real prom.”
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: This movie has so many ’80s rom-com references.
Do you have a favorite ’80s rom-com?
Blake Draper and Peyton Elizabeth Lee in ‘Prom Pact’.Disney +
MILO MANHEIM:I watchedPretty in Pinkbefore we started this movie, so that’s mine.
I guess I based a little bit of Ben off of Duckie because I love that movie.
PEYTON ELIZABETH LEE:My favorite isThe Breakfast Club.
Similarly, I watched it with my mom when I was little and I remember just loving it.
All of theJohn Hughesmovies, it’s possible for you to’t go wrong.
Did you take any inspiration from those films?
I’m sad that I didn’t find eighties music sooner.
It is such a great soundtrack to my life.
It really just like gets you in the mindset, in the physicality of it.
He doesn’t want to be seen really.
I consider myself a somewhat confident person.
I’m consistently getting roles where the character is very confident.
And also just the friendship that Ben has with Mandy.
That’s definitely a journey that I’ve been on.
What was your favorite scene to film?
LEE:Us singing in the car is just a classic.
MANHEIM:I was gonna say, you could’t deny that was one of the most fun days.
LEE:Like ever.
I don’t know that I’ve ever laughed so hard in my life.
And then Anya [Adams, director] was like, you guys just learn the whole thing.
That was a really fun scene to shoot and was hilarious.
I also loved the party scene.
I just loved being around a bunch of people.
I always love having people around.
So everyone around us, like the whole crew, was just hearing us scream.
I think that added to the experience.
The movie really makes you wonder if Mandy and Ben are going to end up together in the end.
Why do you think it was important that the two best friends ended up with other people?
That wasn’t what glared out at me when I read the script.
But that’s the relationship I had with so many of my girlfriends in high school.
And this is a story that we really haven’t seen before in a movie like this.
This is a story that happens around the world all the time.
It’s something that so many people can relate to.
I really like how it ends up that way.
It’s a movie about friendship over everything else.
